Shadrach (1998)
88 min
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, consisting of Vernon, Trixie and their seven children, and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of strict Virginia law.
- Release date
- September 23, 1998
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $20,167
Cast
- Martin Sheen as Narrator
- John Franklin Sawyer as Shadrach
- Scott Terra as Paul
- Ginnie Randall as Virginia
- Darrell Larson as Father
- Deborah Hedwall as Mother
- Jonathan Parks Jordan as Middle Mole
- Erin Underwood as Lucinda
- Alice Rogers as Cloris
- Monica Hewes as Edmonia
Crew
- Susanna Styron · Director
- William Styron · Writer
- Susanna Styron · Writer
- Bridget Terry · Writer
- Boaz Davidson · Producer
- Bridget Terry · Producer
- John Thompson · Producer
- Van Dyke Parks · Composer
- Hiro Narita · Cinematographer
- Colleen Sharp · Editor
- Tracy Kilpatrick · Casting director
- Burton Rencher · Production designer